The new 19th Central Committee of the CCP unanimously approved an amendment to the Party Constitution placing 'Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era' in the charter's preamble as part of the guiding ideology of the Party, coming after Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, the important thought of Three Represents and the Scientific Outlook on Development.

(Comment: Incorporation of this 'Thought' visibly consolidates Xi Jinping's authority including as a leading communist ideological thinker. he now stands immediately after Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping in the hierarchy of Chinese Communist Party leaders. This also puts into the background reports of factionalism in the CCP posing any threat to Xi Jinping.)